Finally Starting

It has been a little over a week since my last update and lot has changed...sort of. I had a meeting last Friday with the head of the Foreign Languages Department, along with several other professors and our co-teachers. I was originally told that I would not start teaching till sometime in the end of September, as all of the freshman will still be in military training until then. However, I received an email the other day informing me that I will be teaching one class starting on Tuesday. This class is to help students prepare for the oral section of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). I am really excited to start teaching and really looking forward to having some work to do.

I have done a little more exploring of Wuhan, by just walking around and going for runs along South Lake. I also recently overcame my fears of ordering food without having the proper language skills to communicate with the vendor. For those of you who are wondering if I have eaten anything truly strange yet, I would have to say the weirdest thing I have eaten thus far is either chicken's feet, or coagulated blood. I know the blood sounds really gross, and after overcoming the look and texture, this jello-like substance wasn't half bad. I certainly would not want to have an entire meal based off of it, but a little side dish is okay.

Below, I have attached some pictures of my apartment, campus, and some of my surroundings. I will have an update on Tuesday to let everyone know how my first day of class went. I will try to upload more when this is moving a little faster, but it is really slow right now. Anyone that has access to Facebook can see the rest of my photos there. The photos below are: the view out of my bedroom balcony, my bedroom, living room, Wenbo--also referred to as the Clocktower Building--,and the last picture is the view from my living room balcony. Off to Wuhan Prison for the night--it certainly isn't RIBCO and their fifty-cent drafts on a Thursday, but it is still a good time.